Garment-supporter clasp.



No. 855,802. PATENTED JUNE 4, 1907. I

v B. E. G. NOBLE.

GARMENT SUPPORTBR CLASP.

APPLIGATION FILED MAY 25,1906.

WITNESSES: INVENTUY:

THE NORRIS PETERS cm, WASHINGTON, n. c.

to be inserted in the BION E. G. NOBLE, OF BALDWIN, MAINE.

GARMENT-SUPPORTER CLASP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J'une 4, 1907.

Application filed May 25,1905. Serial No. 262.110.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BION E. G. NOBLE, of Baldwin, in the county of Cumberland and State of Maine, and a citizen of the United States, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment-Supporter Clasps, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in garment supporter clasps and it is designed to provide a simple and efiective clasp, one that will hold the garment securely and at the same time when desired allow the garment to be easily and readily removed therefrom.

It consists of a base plate having a leaf spring therein, the free portion of said spring extending above the plane of the base plate and a catch pivotally and slidably mounted in said base and in certain other details of construction that will hereinafter be more fully set forth and described.

In the drawings herewith accompanying and forming part of this application, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved clasp; Fig. 2 is a plan view of the base plate; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the catch and Fig. 4 is a central sectional view of the clasp attached to the fabric showing the catch in its closed position.

Same letters of reference refer to like parts in all the fi ures.

In said drawings A represents the base plate of the clasp, said base plate being provided with longitudinal openings B at each side thereof and a crosswise slit C at one end thereof. One end of the base plate is bent back upon itself as seen at D so as to provide a lip E. A portion of the lip E is cut away as seen at F so as to provide means for fastening the clasp to the fabric. A portion of the base plate is also cut away as at G so as to form a spring member H having a depression I-I therein. The free end I of said spring member extends in its normal position above the plane of the base plate so as to provide means for depressing the spring when nec essary. The spring member is also provided with a raised or upset portion or lug J, the object of this being to provide a stop for'the catch K and prevent the same from moving backward when the same is in its closed position. Slidably and pivotally mounted on the base plate is a catch K. This catch is provided with lugs M which lugs are adapted in the base plate and allow the said catch to have a sliding movement in said longitudinal openings and also allow the same to have a pivotal motion thereon.

The object of providing the catch with a sliding motion is to allow the said catch to be pushed forwardly when the garment S is placed over the lip E and also to allow the catch to pass beyond the offset portion J. The object of allowing said catch to pass beyond the offset portion J is to hold said catch in a bearing position against the lip and to prevent accidental dislodgment of the same.

he upset portion also serves when the catch is in open position as a means to hold the catch upwardly and out of engagement with the lip E. When it is desired to remove the garment from the clasp, it is only necessary to press down upon the free end of the leaf spring and draw the garment upwardly toward the upper end of the base plate. This will open the clasp and allow the garment to be withdrawn.

The clasp is usually attached to some elastic material N as seen in Fig. 4. The material is first inserted through the slit C then carried underneath the base plate A as seen at O up over the lip E as seen at P through the opening F in said lip back to the bottom of the base A as seen at G so that the free end R of the material rests between the bottom of the base plate A and the elastic material. This method of fastening obviates the necessity of sewing the clasp to the garment.

Having thus described my invention and its use I claim.

1. In a garment supporter clasp, in combination, a suitable base, a leaf spring therein, said leaf spring being provided with a projection or lug, the lower end of said base plate being turned upwardly to form a lip, a clasp slidably and pivotally mounted in said base plate and adapted to bear against said lug and said lip when the clasp is in closed position.

2. In a garment supporter clasp having a suitable base, a spring in said base, said spring having a projection or lug, a depression in said spring causing the free end of said s ring to incline upwardly, the lower end 0 said base plate being bent back upon itself forming a lip, a slot in said lip and a clasp pivotally and slidably mounted on said base and adapted to bear against said lug and said lip when longitudinal openings B 2 1n a closed position.

I 3. In a garment supporter clasp having a to bear against said lug and said lip when in suitable base, a spring in said base, said closed position. spring havingaprojection or lug,adepression In testimony whereof, I have signed my in said spring causing the free end of said name to this specification in the presence of 5 spring to incline upwardly, the free end of two subscribing witnesses this 16th day of 15 said spring extending above the plane of the May, 1905.

base plate, the lower end of said base plate BION E. G. NOBLE. being bent back upon itself to form a lip, a In presence of slot in said lip and a clasp pivotally and NATHAN CLIFFORD,

I0 slidably mounted on said base and adapted MARION RICHARDS. 

